Sliding Void Series

Captain Lana Fiveworlds has a hell of a lot of problems.    She's sliding void in an ageing seven-hundred-year-old space ship, scrabbling around the edges of civilised space trying to find a cargo lucrative enough to pay her bills without proving so risky that it'll kill her. She's got an alien religious freak for a navigator, an untrustworthy android for a first mate, a disgraced lizard for a trade negotiator and a deserter from the fleet acting as her chief engineer.    And that was well before an ex-crewman turns up wanting Lana to rescue a barbarian prince from a long-failed colony world.   Unfortunately for Lana, the problems she doesn't know about are even more dangerous. In fact, they just might be enough to destroy Lana's rickety but much-loved vessel, the Gravity Rose, and jettison her and her crew into the void without a spacesuit.   But there's one thing you can never tell an independent space trader. That's the odds...   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other best-selling fantasy authors, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C.S. Lewis.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   REVIEWS Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:   'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.' — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.' - TOM HOLT   'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' - DAILY MAIL   'Compulsive reading for all ages.' - GUARDIAN   'Studded with invention.' -THE INDEPENDENT   'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement… a wonderful escapist yarn!' - INTERZONE   'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY   'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.' —RT BOOK REVIEWS 'A curious part-future blend.'   - KIRKUS REVIEWS 'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'   - THE TIMES 'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'   - TIME OUT 'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.'   - SFX MAGAZINE 'Put on your seatbelts for a frenetic cat and mouse encounter... an exciting tale.'   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   THE SERIES SO FAR... Part 1 - Sliding Void. Part 2 - Transference Station. Part 3 - Red Sun Bleeding. Also available as a combined omnibus edition: 'Void All The Way Down'. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Are things finally looking up for Captain Lana Fiveworlds?   She's managed to reach what passes for civilisation in the wild border systems of the Edge - Transference Station - the largest trading hub in the free worlds. With her ramshackle starship, the Gravity Rose, safely docked, she's now desperately searching for a cargo to stave off bankruptcy.   Lana's crew needs paying - including the amorous barbarian prince she rescued from a failed colony world. But her crew have other priorities: the ship's android, Zeno, is distracted by terrible secrets from his past, while her alien navigator, Polter, runs into trouble indulging his religious fervour.   If that wasn't enough, there's a deal available... but only from the dodgiest broker in a thousand planets. With rival starship captains looking to sabotage Lana for good, and a dangerous mission to a mysterious planet which is far more than the lies she's been spun, things can only get worse from here on in.   Lana Fiveworlds and her crew of misfits are still sliding void, just, but for how much longer?   Sometimes, the brown stuff piles up so high you need antigravity thrusters to fly over it.    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other best-selling fantasy authors, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C.S. Lewis.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   REVIEWS   Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:   'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.' — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.' - TOM HOLT   'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' - DAILY MAIL   'Compulsive reading for all ages.' - GUARDIAN   'Studded with invention.' -THE INDEPENDENT   'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY   'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.' —RT BOOK REVIEWS   'A curious part-future blend.' - KIRKUS REVIEWS   'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.' - THE TIMES   'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.' - TIME OUT   'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.' - SFX MAGAZINE   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> THE SERIES SO FAR... Part 1 - Sliding Void. Part 2 - Transference Station. Part 3 - Red Sun Bleeding. Also available as a combined omnibus edition: 'Void All The Way Down'.

It should have all been so easy for Captain Lana Fiveworlds, owner of Fiveworlds Shipping and master of the free trader starship 'Gravity Rose'.   A simple supply run to a mining operation in deep space on a world called Abracadabra. Alright, so the mining operation was illegal and the world unclaimed… that's why the job paid so damn well. But now she's stuck on a hothouse jungle planet, sweltering under the light of a dying red sun with not only oddly missing miners, but vanished crewmen too.    The exiled barbarian prince Calder Durk had disappeared, presumed dragged over the mining camp's laser fence by one of the not-so-pleasant local predators. The skipper may or may not be in love with him, but you can never leave one of your own behind. Lana's android has a bad feeling about the place, and she also has to contend with an arrogant mission leader who is part of humanity's near immortal super-rich ruling class.   Things are looking bad, and that was before the space pirates her rivals have paid to put her out of business jumped in-system looking to hijack her ship. Sadly for the crew of the Gravity Rose, matters can get even worse when they discover why nobody's ever survived Abracadabra long enough to put it on the charts. For this is one world with a terrible secret. And it just might be the last one for everyone trapped down on the planet.    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other best-selling fantasy authors, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C.S. Lewis.    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   REVIEWS Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:   'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.' — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.' - TOM HOLT   'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' - DAILY MAIL   'Compulsive reading for all ages.' - GUARDIAN   'Studded with invention.' -THE INDEPENDENT   'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY   'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.' —RT BOOK REVIEWS   'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.' - THE TIMES   'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.' - TIME OUT   'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.' - SFX MAGAZINE   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   THE SERIES SO FAR... Part 1 - Sliding Void. Part 2 - Transference Station. Part 3 - Red Sun Bleeding.   Also available as a combined omnibus edition: 'Void All The Way Down'.

Captain Lana Fiveworlds might be flying with the same motley crew of misfits, but her problems are all-new.   Lana believes that a demanding and difficult client on board her beloved starship - the Gravity Rose - is the sum of her woes. But that was until she has to emergency ditch inside a star system which holds a full range of deadly secrets.   There are the murderous intentions of the local government with its slave-owning aristocracy to contend with, not to mention the ruthless rebels trying to overthrow the regime. And then there's the moon-sized unknown alien vessel that jumps into the system every few centuries, along with the chance to claim untold riches. Or the chance to die, well, really quite horribly.   With Calder, Zeno, Skrat, Polter and the chief still helping Lana, there's the smallest of chances the crew might survive. But as every spacer knows, it's not where you jump into hyperspace that counts. It's only ever where you end up!   ABOUT THE BOOK   'Anomalous Thrust' is the 4th book in Sliding Void series. It's a completely stand-alone adventure, not directly linked to the first three books (although 'Anomalous Thrust' is set chronologically a year after the end of the previous books).   ABOUT THE AUTHOR    Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other science fiction authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Ray Bradbury.   REVIEWS    Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:    'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.' — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.'  - TOM HOLT    'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.'  - DAILY MAIL    'Compulsive reading for all ages.'  - GUARDIAN    'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'  - THE TIMES    'Studded with invention.'  -THE INDEPENDENT    'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement… a wonderful escapist yarn!'  - INTERZONE    'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.'  - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY    'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.'  —RT BOOK REVIEWS    'A curious part-future blend.'  - KIRKUS REVIEWS    'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'  - TIME OUT    'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.'  - SFX MAGAZINE 

VOID ALL THE WAY DOWN (The Sliding Void Omnibus)  This is the Sliding Void Omnibus edition, comprising three novellas: Sliding Void, Transference Station, and Red Sun Bleeding.   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    Captain Lana Fiveworlds has a hell of a lot of problems.    She's sliding void in an ageing seven-hundred-year-old space ship, scrabbling around the edges of civilised space trying to find a cargo lucrative enough to pay her bills without proving so risky that it'll kill her. She's got an alien religious freak for a navigator, an untrustworthy android for a first mate, a disgraced lizard for a trade negotiator and a deserter from the fleet acting as her chief engineer.    And that was well before an ex-crewman turns up wanting Lana to rescue a barbarian prince from a long-failed colony world.    Unfortunately for Lana, the problems she doesn't know about are even more dangerous. In fact, they just might be enough to destroy Lana's rickety but much-loved vessel, the Gravity Rose, and jettison her and her crew into the void without a spacesuit.    But there's one thing you can never tell an independent space trader. That's the odds...    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other best-selling fantasy authors, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C.S. Lewis.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   REVIEWS  Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:    'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.' — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.'  - TOM HOLT    'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.'  - DAILY MAIL    'Compulsive reading for all ages.'  - GUARDIAN    'Studded with invention.'  -THE INDEPENDENT     'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.'  —RT BOOK REVIEWS    'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'  - THE TIMES    'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'  - TIME OUT    'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.'  - SFX MAGAZINE    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  FORMAT  Omnibus - Includes three previously novellas.  Part 1 - Sliding Void  Part 2 - Transference Station  Part 3 - Red Sun Bleeding

Captain Lana Fiveworlds has three ghastly problems: Her beloved crewman Calder Durk's gone missing. She now has a daughter to bring up on the rickety free-trader ship, Gravity Rose. Said daughter's from a parallel dimension (and that's only the start of her strangeness). Meanwhile, Commander Adella Vega of the Alliance navy - aka Hell-Fleet - also has three dire headaches: She's stuck at the dog-end of the galaxy on punishment duty with the Fleet's losers, thieves and pedantic pen-pushers. Large portions of her sector just went dark. Something big, bad, and particularly nasty is now heading her way. Both their troubles are about to collide and multiply in the most horrific manner since the Vela Supernova Remnant detonated.   Sometimes, the future's so bright you better bring lead-lined shades. And a rail-cannon or three. Because Earth's best space opera series just met the page-turning universe of military science fiction!   ---------------   ABOUT THE BOOK  'Hell Fleet' is the 5th book in Sliding Void series. It's a completely stand-alone adventure, not directly linked to the first four books.   ---------------   ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other fantasy authors, George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C.S. Lewis.    ---------------   REVIEWS    Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:    'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.' — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL   'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.'  - TOM HOLT    'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.'  - DAILY MAIL    'Compulsive reading for all ages.'  - GUARDIAN    'Studded with invention.'  -THE INDEPENDENT     'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement… a wonderful escapist yarn!'  - INTERZONE    'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.'  - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY    'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.'  —RT BOOK REVIEWS    'A curious part-future blend.'  - KIRKUS REVIEWS    'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'  - THE TIMES    'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'  - TIME OUT    'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.'  - SFX MAGAZINE 

When Captain Lana Fiveworlds seizes on a lucrative contract to fly a rough-and-ready bunch of grave robbers between the worlds of long-extinct civilisations, she's expecting a nice easy ride for her misfit crew on board the starship Gravity Rose.   After all, those unlucky perished alien species died of climate change, atomic wars, comet strikes, plagues, and mass solar flare ejections thousands, if not millions of years ago.   So, what can go wrong? Plunder a few failed planets for priceless abandoned antiques and lost technologies and make out like an interstellar bandit!   Sadly, the karma of the universe has other ideas - and easy, it surely ain't. When their troubles slowly mount, Lana, Calder, Zeno, and the other crew members battle for far more than their lives. The ultimate cost could be more than the captain - or her dear friends and family - can bear.   --------------- ABOUT THE BOOK    'Voyage of the Void-Lost' is the 6th book in Sliding Void series. It's a completely stand-alone adventure, not directly linked to the first five books.   ---------------   ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other science fiction authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and Ray Bradbury.   --------------- REVIEWS    Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:    'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.' — THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.'  - TOM HOLT  'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.'  - DAILY MAIL  'Compulsive reading for all ages.'  - GUARDIAN  'Studded with invention.'  -THE INDEPENDENT   'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement… a wonderful escapist yarn!'  - INTERZONE  'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.'  - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.'  —RT BOOK REVIEWS  'A curious part-future blend.'  - KIRKUS REVIEWS  'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'  - THE TIMES  'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'  - TIME OUT  'A ripping yarn … the story pounds along… constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked… the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.'  - SFX MAGAZINE  'Put on your seatbelts for a frenetic cat and mouse encounter... an exciting tale.'  - SF REVU    --------------- FORMAT  Full novel - a stand-alone adventure.  Book 1 - Sliding Void  Book 2 - Transference Station  Book 3 - Red Sun Bleeding Book 4 - Anomalous Thrust Book 5 - Hell Fleet Book 6 - Voyage of the Void-Lost